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H. ALL & B. M. BUGKLAND.

, TIE SPAGEE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1910.

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HENRY ALL AND BRADFORD M. BUCKLAND, 0F SULTANA, CALIFORNIA.

TIE-SPACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

Application filed July 29, 1910. Serial No. 574,502.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY ALL and BRADFORD M. BUcKLAND, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Sultana, in the county of Tulare, State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Tie-Spacer, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to tools for spacing railway ties and it is moreparticularly designed as an improvement upon the structure disclosed inPatent No. 919,207, granted to us on February 15, 1910.

One of the objects of the invention is to simplify and otherwise improveupon the patented structure and to provide novel means whereby the headof the rail engaged by the tool may be firmly gripped.

Another object is to provide means for limiting the relative movement ofthe parts of the tool.

Another object is to provide a tool of this character which isadjustable so as to fit rails of different widths.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter morefully described and pointed out in the claims. 7

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a top plan view of the tool in positionupon ties. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of the tool. Fig. 3 is a centrallongitudinal section. Fig. 1 is a section on line AB Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a baseplate having parallel guide strips 2 secured to the bottom face thereofand spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the width of the headof a rail of the largest size. A longitudinal channel 3 is thus formedbetween the strips 2. Arranged longitudinally upon the upper face of theplate 1 is a guide 4 in which is mounted a bar 5 adapted to slide, thisbar being provided, at one end, with a support ing stem 6, while itsother end is connected to a head 7. A bracket 8 is extended from one endportion of the head and has its free end extended under the head, saidbracket and head being engaged by a pivot pin 9 on which is mounted ajaw 10. This jaw has its working face 11 eccentric to the pivot 9 andthe outer end of the jaw is connected by one or more links 12, to an ear18 extending laterally from one of the guide plates 2. i l

A depending flange 14: is formed at that end of head 7 which is farthestremoved from the jaw 10 and set screws 15 or the like are mounted inthis flange and bear against fork 20 located at the lower end of anactuating lever 21. The terminals of the fork are connected to theforked ends 22 of draw bars 23, each of which has a hook 2 1 forengaging a tie C. The two draw bars 23 may be connected by a supportingstrap 25 adapted to extend over bar 6 as will be hereinafter set forth.

After a rail has been placed on the ties and fastened to one of them,the next adjoining tie C can be drawn toward the tie to which the railis fastened by utilizing the tool which has been described. The hooks 21are placed in engagement with the tie to be moved, it being understoodthat bar 6 and head 7 bear directly on the rail and thus hold the plate1 out of contact with the rail and free to slide on bar 5. The operatorplaces a foot against one of the hooks 24: and pushes the upper end ofthe lever forwardly, the foot preventing the tool from slidingbackwardly during this operation. This forward movement of the upper endof the lever slides the tool along the rail supporting it and when thelever is pulled backwardly, the jaws 10 and 16 will engage the railbefore the tool can slip backwardly on the rail. If these jaws do notengage the rail with sufiicient firmness, jaw 16 can be adjusted towardthe jaw 10 by means of the screws 15 and then secured by the screws 17.After the rail has been engaged by the aws, the lever 21 can be swungupon its fulcrum so as to pull upon the draw bars 23. The hooks 2 1 willtherefore shift the tie in the direction of the head 7.

As shown in the drawings the head 7 may be limited in its movement bymeans of adjustable stop devices such as have been in dicated at 26.Each of these stop devices is in the form of a strip having longitudinalslots 27 therein adapted to be engaged by binding screws 28 entering theplate 1. Each strip has a downwardly extending the plate 2 andconstitute bearings for the terminal 29 projecting between the plate 1and the head 7. By tightening the bolts 28 these strips 25 can besecured against movement and with the terminals 29 at any distancedesired from the plate 1. As shown in Fig. 4, the bolts 28 can beutilized as the sole means for fastening the strips 2, plate 1 and guideat together.

Various changes can of course be made in the construction andarrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in theappended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described including rail gripping jaws, amember connected thereto, a supporting element upon said member, astructure slidably mounted upon said member, an actuating leverfulcrumed thereon, tie engaging devices pivotally connected to thelever, and a supporting member connected to the tie engaging devices andmounted on the supporting element.

2. A tool of the class described including a channeled rail receivingstructure, a head shit'table relative thereto, arail engagingjawadjustably mounted on the head, a pivoted jaw cooperating therewith, tieengaging devices, and means upon the rail engaging member forsimultaneously shifting the pivoted jaw and said devices to grip a railand to draw a tie toward the head.

3. A tool of the class described including a rail engaging member, ahead shiftable relative to said member, a jaw adjustably mounted on thehead, a pivoted jaw upon said head, a connection between said pivotedhead and the said member, a tie engaging device, and actuating meansmounted upon the rail engaging member and connected to said device.

L. A tool of the class described including a rail engaging member, ahead, a slidable connection between the head and member, a sli'dable jawadjustably mounted on the head, a pivoted jaw carried by the head, a

pivotal connection between said jaw and;

member, a tie engaging device, and actuating means mounted on the saidmember and engaging said device.

5. A tool of the class described including a "ail engaging member, ahead, a slidable connection between the head and member, cooperatingjaws upon the head for engag ing a rail, a pivotal connection betweenone of the jaws and the member, a tie engaging device, and actuatingmeans carried by said member and engaging the device.

6. A tool of the class described including a rail engaging member, ahead, a slidable connection between the head and member, cooperatingrail engaging jaws carried by the head, a pivotal connection between oneof said jaws and the member, adjustable means upon the member forlimiting the movement of the head in one direction rela tive to saidmember, a tie engaging device, and an actuating device mounted on themember and engaging said tie engaging device.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have heretoaflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY ALL. BRADFORD M. BUCKLAND. W'itnesses:

Ln RoY G. SMITH, C. A. GRIFFITH.

